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Broadway Musicians Protest Pared Down Saturday Night Fever Orchestra
"The Music Deserves Better"
Broadway musicians kicked off a leafleting campaign at the Minskoff Theatre on Nov. 10. The target is the producer of Saturday Night Fever, who is presenting this Broadway production with a smaller than minimum sized orchestra, in direct violation of
RCMH Musicians Authorize Strike
The Radio City Music Hall Orchestra voted unanimously on Nov. 12 to authorize Local 802 to call a strike if an agreement is not reached soon with Radio City Productions. The union and management were far apart on wage issues.
Toronto Musicians Build Public Support
Members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, on strike since Sept. 25, have been working nonstop to raise public awareness about the issues involved and to rally support. The orchestra has been playing benefit concerts several times every week. To press
802 Web Site Debuts to Enthusiastic Reviews
Local 802’s new web site made its debut on Sept. 20 – and was an instant hit with members. In the next 10 days, 130 musicians logged on and filled out personal “profiles,” entitling them to use the members-only section
N.Y. City Council Honors Milt Jackson
“Be it resolved that the council of the city of New York mourns the death and celebrates the life of jazz legend Milt Jackson, who passed away on October 9, 1999.” This resolution, introduced by Councilmember Stanley Michels, was adopted
Universal Health Care Advocates Launch Year 2000 Campaign
Some 200 health care advocates from 23 states launched U2K – a national campaign to make universal health care a priority in the 2000 election season, and build a broad movement for its passage in 2001 and beyond – at
Pamphlet B Negotiators Reach Tentative Agreement
On Nov. 11 at 1:30 a.m. a tentative agreement was reached between the AFM and the League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc., and Buena Vista Theatrical Ventures, Inc. (Disney) on terms and conditions of a successor Pamphlet B Touring
Seeds Were Sown Years Earlier For 1999 Toronto Symphony Strike
Members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra had been on strike for seven weeks, as this issue went to press. Allegro asked Local 802 Counsel Leonard Leibowitz, who is representing the players, to explain the issues fueling the strike. As it
NYC Ballet Orchestra Supports Metropolitan Opera Food Service Workers
Members of the New York City Ballet Orchestra recently added their voices to the chorus demanding that Restaurant Associates respect the right of its employees – who work as bartenders, buspersons, cashiers, cooks, dishwashers and waiters at the Metropolitan Opera,
Renovations Reshape 802 Offices
The sounds of hammering have ended, and plaster dust is no longer drifting through the fourth floor of the 802 building. The first phase of a reorganization of the union’s offices was completed shortly before this issue went to press.
Protecting Musicians’ Interests When a Broadway Show Moves
President's Report
Elsewhere in this issue you will find the text of the agreement between Local 802 and B.V. Theatrical Ventures, Inc. (Disney) settling disputes over the move of Beauty and the Beast from the Palace Theatre to the Lunt-Fontanne. I believe
Disney-802 Letter of Agreement
Agreement made and entered into this 12th day of October 1999 by and between Local 802, Associated Musicians of Greater New York (hereinafter called “union”), located at 322 West 48th Street, New York, NY 10036, and B.V. Theatrical Ventures Inc.
Last Stop for Corporate Globalization – Seattle ’99
Guest Commentary
It’s being billed in advance as the “protest of the century.” A thousand non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and tens of thousands of people are expected to demonstrate their opposition to the World Trade Organization in Seattle, beginning on Nov. 29. How
Legislative Update
EXTEND HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT New York State’s Health Care Reform Act (HCRA) – which provides hundreds of millions of dollars in special funding to reimburse hospitals and clinics that provide care to the uninsured, for worker retraining and for
The Musicians’ Voice
The Musicians’ Voice is an open forum for discussion about the state of union affairs. Please keep all letters to 500 words and send them to Allegro, c/o Local 802, 322 West 48th Street, New York, NY 10036. BEREAVEMENT PAY
Film Music Network Monthly Meetings
RMA-NY is now hosting Film Music Network’s monthly meetings. These meetings take place on the second Wednesday of each month in the Local 802 Club Room, from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. (The doors open at 6 p.m.) For more information
Allegro Interviews Al Gallodoro
Local 802 member Al Gallodoro, one of the saxophone greats of all time, began his remarkable career in 1927, at the age of 14, playing in big-time vaudeville in the RKO Orpheum Theatre in New Orleans. One of three saxophone-playing
Interested in Affordable Shared Living?
Aurora Is Accepting Musicians' Applications
The Aurora is a supportive, shared housing residence sponsored by the Actors’ Fund of America and managed by Common Ground. It provides affordable housing for senior citizens (50 and older), working professionals and persons with AIDS. The Aurora features 24-hour
Jascha Horenstein & the American Symphony Orchestra
Classical record labels large and small are reissuing works by conductors of the “Golden Era,” giving us timeless interpretations of such giants as Fritz Reiner, Otto Klemperer, Bruno Walter, Pierre Monteux and many others. One member of that generation who
802 Bookshelf: The Biographical Encyclopedia Of Jazz
by Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler, Oxford University Press, 1999, 718 pages, $49.95 hardcover.
Praise be, the new encyclopedia is finally here! Feather’s original “Encyclopedia of Jazz” was published in 1955, and an updated version came out in 1960. Companion volumes – “The Encyclopedia Yearbooks of Jazz” and “The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the
802 Bookshelf: Corporate Predators – The Hunt for Mega-Profits and the Attack on Democracy
by Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman, Common Courage Press, 1999, 203 pp., paperback, $14.95
The ever-increasing power of modern-day corporations has been the subject of many scholarly papers and full-length books, some of which have been reviewed in these pages. If you don’t have time for such heavy (and depressing) reading, “Corporate Predators” is
Coping With Alcohol During the Holidays
Musicians' Assistance Program
Seasonal “cheer” has become synonymous with overdoing it – too much shopping, too much spending, too much eating and too much alcohol. Celebrations ringing in the new millennium are also expected to greatly increase alcohol consumption. So much so, in
Executive Board Minutes
October 5, 1999 -- October 19, 1999
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1999 Meeting called to order at 2:00 p.m. Present: President Moriarity, Recording Vice-President Price, Financial Vice-President Landolfi, Executive Board members Blumenthal, Crow, Gale, Hafemeister, Rosen, Simon and Weiss, Controller Bogert, Assistant to the President Dennison. Legislative Director
Bill Crow’s Band Room
Last fall I played a concert at the Center for Mature Living in Allendale, N.J., with the Saddle River Concert Band. When we arrived to set up in the center atrium, I unpacked my tuba near two old ladies who